Board of Directors

* denotes executive committee member

• John L. Atkins III, FAIA*
  Treasurer, Board of Directors
  Chairman and CEO
  O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA
• Juliette B. Bell, Ph.D.
  Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
  Fayetteville State University
  
• Robert M. Bell, Ph.D.*
  Life Sciences Venture Partner
  InterSouth Partners
  
• Erskine B. Bowles
  President
  The University of North Carolina
  
• George  Briggs
  Executive Director
  The North Carolina Arboretum
  
• John F.A.V. Cecil*
  Secretary, Board of Directors
  President
  Biltmore Farms LLC
  
• Sue W. Cole*
  Chairwoman, Board of Directors
  Principal
  Granville Capital
  Full Biography
  
• Michael T. Constantino*
  Audit Partner
  Ernst & Young LLP
  
• W. Mark Crowell
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Economic Development and
  Technology Transfer
  UNC-Chapel Hill
  
• Stephanie E. Curtis, Ph.D.
  Professor and Department Head
  NC State University
  
• J. Donald deBethizy, Ph.D.
  President and CEO
  Targacept
• Victor J. Dzau, M.D.
  Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University
  President and CEO, Duke University Health System
  
• Vipin K. Garg, Ph.D.
  President and CEO
  Tranzyme Pharma
  
• John F. Del Giorno
  Vice President, State Government Affairs
  GlaxoSmithKline
  
• James T. Fain III
  Secretary, Department of Commerce
  State of North Carolina
  
• David P. Friedman, Ph.D.
  Deputy Associate Dean, Office of Research
  Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  
• Heinrich Gugger, Ph.D.
  CEO
  QuoNova
  
• Ken R. Harewood, Ph.D.
  Director and Professor
  NC Central University
  
• John Jackson Hunt
  Former Legislator
  
• Howard N. Lee
  Chairman
  North Carolina State Board of Education
  
• Deirdre M. Mageean, Ph.D.
  Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies
  East Carolina University
• Ernest Mario, Ph.D.
  Chairman and CEO
  Capnia
  
• William F. Marzluff, Ph.D.
  Executive Associate Dean of Research
  UNC-Chapel Hill
  
• Patricia R. Morton*
  Partner
  Franklin Street Partners
  
• Stephen R. Mosier, Ph.D.
  Vice Chancellor for Research and Federal Relations
  UNC-Charlotte
  
• Marvin Moss, Ph.D.*
  Professor
  UNC-Wilmington
  
• Arthur M. Pappas*
  Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
  CEO
  A. M. Pappas & Associates
  
• Michael R. Pavia, Ph.D.
  Entrepreneur-In-Residence
  Oxford Bioscience Partners
  
• Milton Prince
  President and CEO
  Coastal Carolina Cotton Gins
• Scott Ralls, Ph.D.
  President
  North Carolina Community College System
  
• Gerald F. Roach
  Partner
  Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
• Lynne Scott Safrit, CCIM, CCP
  President
  Castle & Cooke
  
• James N. Siedow, Ph.D.
  Vice Provost for Research
  Duke University
  
• Sam R. Sloan
  Consultant (Privately Owned Companies)
  
• Robert S. Timmins, Sc.D.*
  Retired President, Organon Teknika
  
• E. Norris Tolson*
  President and CEO
  North Carolina Biotechnology Center
  
• Steve Troxler
  Commissioner
  North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  
• Rosemary C. Wander, Ph.D.
  Associate Provost for Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships
  UNC-Greensboro
• Benjamin R. Yerxa, Ph.D.
  Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President
  Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  

Board Staff:

• John Pearce
  Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
• Robert Spearman
  Counsel and Assistant Secretary
  Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein L.L.P.
  
• Julie Ungaro
  Senior Executive Assistant